At night, Shuning specially found a vacant lot by the lake in the back garden, put an incense case, and sacrificed Su Yunzhu, who unfortunately died early, alone.

She took out a box and opened it, and inside was a bracelet of cow bone beads and four small embroidered sachets. The bracelet was a return gift when she gave Su Yunzhu a kaleidoscope that year, and she specially went back to her parents' house and turned it out from the bottom of the glove box. As for the small sachet, it was originally Zhou Yinlan's thing, Su Yunzhu played with it, and then fell into the hands of Shuning, but because he lost one, he couldn't play it for a long time, so he put it in the same place with the bracelet. This was the only thing she had to do with Su Yunzhu.

Now it has been ten years, the beads are still shiny, only the red silk rope is a little faded, and the embroidery on the sachet is no longer bright, and even the edges are a little worn. is like Su Yunzhu, who was once flamboyant and bright, who was also tortured by life and lost her former color. And in the past, he laughed with his friends and walked through the streets and alleys and lived carefree, but he also struggled to manage the life of his family in this big mansion in the capital, dealing with those who didn't like and didn't get along well. Do you say that there will be a day when you will lose your freedom and happiness?

In fact, isn't my current self losing my freedom and happiness to some extent? When you get married, you can no longer do as much as you did when you were a girl. And this aristocratic world can't tolerate women to be a little "unruly".

Shu Ning sniffed, put the box on the table, took the sacrificial text sent by Zhou Yinlan, read it softly, and then lit a fire and put it in the copper basin next to it.

She wrote a letter to tell Zhou Yinlan about Su Yunzhu, and the other party was also sad, and there were a little tears on the reply. In contrast, Zhou Yinlan and Su Yunzhu have a deeper friendship and a more sad mood. It's just that she can't worship at her in-law's house, so she can only write a sacrifice and give it to Shuning on her behalf. Even so, I already risked being blamed by my mother-in-law.

In fact, she is also a woman who has lost her former freedom and happiness after getting married. Even with the care and love of a husband. Nor can this be disguised.

Shu Ning watched the firelight go out little by little, a gust of wind blew out the candles, some ashes were raised, and the incense in the copper furnace on the case gradually burned out, only the two lanterns in front of the Diyi and Xuanyi in the distance. A dim light was sent from afar. The little waves in the middle of the lake reflect a bend of the moon shadow in the sky, and the surrounding area is even more cold.

As soon as her shoulders sank, Shuning looked back and saw that it was Tongying who had put on a cloak for herself. She forced a grin. Knowing that he didn't say a word, he ran to the back garden to worship sadly, which made him worried.

Tongying frowned and said, "Although I don't know which one you are sacrificing, but now the first moon has not yet risen, although the sky is clear." It's still cold at night, and you're just wearing it, so is it fun to run to this open place? Where can I not sacrifice? ”

Shuning whispered, "It was me who was wrong. I just thought. The man was a bright and flamboyant figure, and he used to love fresh clothes and angry horses, and it was most appropriate to sacrifice them in the horse farm, so he had to come to the most open place in the garden. lest she should die in bondage during her lifetime...... Yield ...... too," she turned around with a sour nose.

Tong Ying looked at the incense case and asked, "Which one is it?" Why don't you have a god card? Shuning said: "I just want to express my heart a little." She and I are not relatives, and it is not good to put a god card here to let people know. She didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but she had some faint expectations in her heart, hoping that Su Yunzhu could receive the hearts of her old friends.

Tong Ying asked who it was again. Shu Ning paused and said, "It's the side Fu Jin Niu Hulu clan of Prince Kang's son." Do you still remember Miss Suyunzhu Su of Fengtian Flower back then? When I was a child, I used to play with her, so I guess you've heard of it. Look at the Chinese network all the way"

Tong Ying sighed: "It turned out to be her." I've not only heard of it, but I've seen it. It's just that I forgot for many years that she married into Prince Kang's mansion. So, you went to King Kang's Mansion a few days ago to stay for two days and saw her? ”

Shu Ning nodded: "I also thought about asking her for news before, but King Kang's Mansion has strict rules, there is no way, and there is no news at all." I only heard from her father a few years ago about her childbirth, but Shizi Fujin disappeared after entering the door. Later...... she bit her lip and said no more.

Tong Ying already understood: "I heard that his family's son Fujin made such a fuss, which caused a lot of gossip in the clan. Although this side Fujin grandfather is gone, he is also from a wealthy family, and he was still the marriage referred to by the Empress Dowager back then. Although it is not possible to punish crimes, there will probably be admonitions on the side of the Zongren Mansion, and there may be something to say in the palace. ”

What's the use of doing this after death? Shuning was a little unimpressed, so she didn't have an interface. Seeing this, Tong Ying stepped forward and lit three sticks of incense, and said to the front: "When Miss Su was a child, I also saw you, but you probably don't remember." You unfortunately passed away early, and many people feel sorry for you, and I hope you go all the way and live a peaceful and happy life in the next life. After saying that, he bowed three times, inserted it in the censer, and re-lit the candle.

After doing this, he turned back to Shuning and said, "Don't you go back early, right?" Just go back and ask someone to clean up. Shuning said "um", prayed silently to the incense case, and then walked back with Tongying.

Suddenly, a strong wind blew, and the box containing the bracelet and the sachet snapped shut, but the ashes in the copper basin were lifted up and scattered with the wind. Shuning looked back at the ashes, scattered on the surface of the lake, among the grass and tree branches, or disappeared in the night sky, and turned around as soon as her eyes turned red and left the garden with Tongying.

For a few days in a row, Shuning was not in a good mood, but she still insisted on a small invitation on three days, a big invitation on the fifth day, and she must make sure that Prince Jian's mansion could not find fault, of course, it was inevitable that she would meet the Jifujin Borzigit clan and the concubine Guerjia clan.

The Guerga clan has been more restrained than before, and I don't know if it is because of the admonition of Yarjan Adi or for the sake of the fetus in the womb. Even so, she became the son of the world, and Fujin felt that her high status was inevitably shown in front of others. Shuning's title is a few levels lower than her, and her younger brother-in-law is naturally the best object to show off. Shu Ning was in no mood to pay attention to her at this time, and when she met her to show off her might, she just couldn't see it and couldn't hear it, so that the Guerjia clan punched the cotton and was depressed.

However, Shuning's attitude of "calming things and calming people" was praised by Prince Jian, who believed that the second daughter-in-law knew the general situation and took the overall situation into account. Not only was he kind to her on weekdays, but he also privately asked his eldest son to discipline his wife: "Even if my son Fujin of Prince Jian's mansion is not the top daughter-in-law in the clan, at least he can't learn from that family, and he doesn't even have a sense of proportion." ”

How can Yarjana not understand? Busy warning his wife to go. The Guerjia clan is full of grievances, and recently rumors of Fujin, the son of Prince Nakang. All the princes in the capital, Fujin, have been noticed and have been talked about every day, but what does this have to do with her? "In the end, the Mongolians from outside the country don't understand the rules at all, and they don't have a mother to teach her the truth of being a wife. Arrogant and willful, he doesn't take us seriously on weekdays. It's really bad luck that we're gossiping about it. She complained to herself.

However, when these words reached Ji Fujin's ears, they changed their taste. Although the Borzigit clan has a distant relationship with Fujin, the son of Prince Nakang. Anyway, it was a surname of the Guerjia clan, and there was a faint meaning of contempt for the Mongolian aristocratic girl in her words, and she was furious when she heard it. It's just a force to hold on. Although Tongying and Shuning are not treated by her, they are already pleasing to the eye compared to the thorn in the side that undermines her authority. So she followed Prince Jane's tone, treated Shuning a lot more kindly, and sent some gadgets from time to time. And for Yarjiang Ana, he quietly wooed the Ilgen Jue Luo clan and spurred his subordinates along the way. Deliver a message to the other two concubines.

The Guerjia clan felt a little conscious, so they took the opportunity to embarrass several concubines, especially Ilgenjue, and the Luo clan also added oil and vinegar in front of Yarjiang'a. It's just that Yarjianga has already heard Ilgenjue's report from Luo. Naturally, he will not be suspicious of her and the other two concubines. He also thought that he had suffered from the disaster of the pond fish, but warned his wife not to mess around again. At this juncture, there is a turmoil of wives and concubines fighting for the wind and wives killing concubines, and it is not Prince Kang's family that is laughed at.

And he turned a deaf ear to his wife's slander against his stepmother and brother-in-law. He is now in a stable position, so his position is also very stable, and he will not be offended by both his father and younger brother, but because he heard his wife's words, he specially sent a lot of things to his younger brother Tongying, which is an apology for his wife.

When he heard that the Guerjia clan was eating turtles, he smiled secretly, but he put on a virtuous face to persuade his daughter-in-law to live in harmony with the concubine, and "the family is harmonious", so that the Guerjia clan felt like vomiting blood. But seeing that Yaerjiang's status as the son of Yarjiang'a is becoming more and more stable, and the relationship with Prince Jian's father and son is getting better and better, Ji Fujin has already made a plan in his heart. Just as the eldest son Jingshun cried to her, his classmates always bullied him and snubbed him, and he didn't want to go to school anymore, so she felt sorry for her son, so he proposed to Prince Jian to return to Fengtian as soon as possible.

Prince Jane was happy at his wife's acquaintance, and he had no objection to it. He came to Beijing to receive meritorious service after the war, to marry his second son, and to give him the title of his third son. At present, the reward has passed, Tongying has been married for several months, and the title of the third son Azalan seems to be obtained after the age of eighteen, and it is still passable to study in Zongxue at present. In the past few months, he has been in Beijing to communicate with other princes' mansions, and he has to go to the court, and he is also a little tired, and his days back to Fengtian are much more leisurely, so he agreed to leave at the beginning of spring.

The entire Prince Jane's mansion moved, and Yaerjiang's mouth repeatedly persuaded his father to stay, in fact, he was not unhappy in his heart, and his father left, this mansion was his world, and he didn't have to be restrained in doing things. However, Tongying took the opportunity to accompany her father for a few more days.

Guo Fujin and Li Fujin were a little uneasy, because Azaran and Shige both entered the sect and could not go back to Mukden with them. The latter is okay, whether it is to leave or leave her, she has no idea, but the former is worried about the two younger sons who stayed in Fengtian, and at the same time, he is worried that the eldest son will have no one to take care of him in Beijing, and he is very uneasy. And at the age of Azalaland, she can already marry, she has some ideas, and wants to take advantage of this year's draft to find a good daughter-in-law for her son, so that he will not be entangled with the maids all day long and break his body.

But if her husband wanted to leave, she couldn't stay with Prince Jane, so she handed over the matter to the two eldest daughters-in-law, so she had to accept it. just thought of what Guerjia had always been, so she said: "Shizi Fujin is working hard when he has a body, so I won't bother you about this matter." ”

The Guerjia clan already had their own calculations, and said indifferently: "It's nothing, it's not the first time I've been born, as an eldest sister-in-law, how can I not help my brother?" Don't worry, I'll find him a good one. ”

Guo Fujin listened to it, but he was even more uneasy, and he could only ask Shuning in private. Shuning didn't take the matter down, but said lightly that she would do her best.

A handful of Prince Jane and his entourage were sent away. As if relieved, Yarjianga asked Tongying if he would be interested in having two drinks with him. Tongying was a little embarrassed, because when she came, she promised Shuning that she would accompany her back to her parents' house. Seeing this, Shuning said to him: "I'll go by myself, you can sit with your eldest brother, just don't drink too much." "She didn't want to stay. If her in-laws are not there, she should not face the face of the Guerjia clan.

Tongying thought about it, so she complied, and kept sending her wife to the carriage, and told the people who followed the carriage to say a few things. Only then did he return to the palace with his brother. Shuning went north by herself, walked to the Baron's Mansion, and walked to the Huaiyuan without telling anyone.

Unexpectedly, when I entered the inner courtyard, I heard someone shouting: "You are not from our family." What are you doing in front of me? You're a white rice eater! ”

Shuning looked around, but saw that it was An Ning yelling at Xiaobao and calling Xianning for his brother's grievances. was about to rush forward and was stopped by Xiaobao.

Shu Ning's face sank, and she hurriedly called them An Ning, seeing her ugly face, knowing that she was in trouble, she ran away in a panic. Shuning asked Xiaobao and Xianning to find out that it was Xiaobao who performed well in schoolwork. was praised by both Guanxue and Mr. Yang, and An Ning was not angry in his heart, so he would squeeze him.

Shu Ning asked angrily in her heart: "Is this the first time?" Does Mr. Yang know? Xianning replied first: "I have also known to have gentlemen before." Master Yang now takes the snow girl to learn needlework, and sometimes tells her sister-in-law. The sister-in-law has scolded the sixth brother several times. But Brother Xiaobao said...... "He secretly glanced at Xiaobao and didn't say anything."

Xiaobao stood expressionlessly with his hands down. Shu Ning knew that he had some scruples about his identity, and said with pity: "You have been at home for so many years, and you know how your family knows about you, don't be unhappy for him to gossip." Xiaobao curled the corners of his mouth: "I know, sister, don't worry, he just said this because he can't compare with me in his homework." Shuning nodded: "It's good if you know." ”

She dragged her two younger brothers back to the hospital, but she was angry in her heart, thinking how long had her parents been gone, and the people in the big house dared to bully her brother? And listening to Xianning's tone, this is not the first time. Didn't Zhenzhen do something?

But as soon as she saw Zhenzhen's face, the anger in her heart gradually disappeared. Jinjin's face was a little haggard, and she seemed to be very tired. Thinking about it, as soon as her mother left her, she had to take on the huge business alone, and it was difficult for her, even if there was something inconsiderate, there was land. So he took Zhenzhen's hand and asked about the recent affairs at home, and also helped her point out a few words about the places she felt troubled.

After a while, the Nala clan brought Cui Ping and An Ning over to accompany the sin. Jinzhen only then knew what had happened, and was ashamed. Shuning looked at Cui Ping, remembered the rumor that Jin Bao had taken another concubine she heard before, sighed in her heart, and said lightly to the Nala clan: "Children are not sensible, and there are some aunts who teach and teach the sixth brother more, he is not young, he must know how to be a good one, otherwise how to get along with others when he is on an errand in the future?" ”

Nala was busy responding, and said a few words with him, and also sent two pieces of material to Xiao Liu, before taking people away. Xiao Liu sighed as he saw her go away.

Seeing this, Shuning said: "If my aunt is bored at home, you might as well go to Grandma Rong's house to take a walk, or find old friends." If you are free, you can also go back to Fangshan to live for two days, it is quiet there, and there is no one at home, if your aunt can take care of Zhuangzi occasionally, we will also rest assured. "The most important thing is that the husband of the big Liu family, Rong Zhi, has been promoted to the fourth rank of defensive captain, and compared to several brothers, he is not one or two levels high, which can make the big house scruple and be polite to the little Liu family.

Xiao Liu also understands in his heart, but he is more interested in going back to live in Fangshan, but he can't let go of his son. Shuning smiled and said: "He is so earthy, and there are a bunch of maids and women at home, will he still be cold and hungry?" What's more, he is in the official school, and he doesn't go to class every day, just ask him to go back to Fangshan to relax on the days when he doesn't go to school. ”

Xiao Liu answered, Xiao Bao had a smile on his face, and Xianning had already shouted that he wanted to go together. Shuning felt a little better when she watched her younger brothers make a fuss. It's just that she was negligent for a while and forgot about Zhenzhen.

However, after Duan Ning came back from the yamen, he listened to his wife's confession and comforted her with a smile: "It's okay, how old are you?" I'm not used to these occasional negligence at home, and my sister didn't complain about you, what are you worried about? Zhenzhen still felt that she was not thoughtful, and Duan Ning had to slowly unravel it.

But it was said that after Shuning returned home, she told Tongying about today's events, Tongying's eyes rolled, and she thought of her wife's somewhat gloomy look recently, and came up with an idea: "Let Xiaobao and Xianning often come to our house to play." Although Mr. Yang in your family is not good at learning, he is not the best to lead, and several students are of different ages and degrees, so they must be very hard, it is better to let Mr. Shi guide Xiaobao's homework. He's been to our house a lot, and I'm sure your uncle and aunt will have some scruples. ”

Shuning thought about it. So every few days, he sent someone to pick up his two younger brothers to play, and sometimes he would invite Zhenzhen's mother and son and Xiao Liu's family, but Duanning had an errand to be busy every day, so he could only come when he was resting.

Tongying's side also invited the fifth brother Shige to come. Originally, I thought that he and Xiaobao were close in age and could make friends, but I didn't expect Shige to always look at Xiaobao unpleasantly. But Xiaobao faced him, and the people of his family might also let some of them go to Shige, although he knew that the other party was the son of Prince Jian's mansion, he didn't want to give in, so as not to fall on his sister's ground. The two of them have been-for-tat a few times, and they actually sympathize with each other, although they still talk from time to time, but they can already get along well.

Shuning watched them quarrel and felt funny, and the smile on her face gradually increased. Seeing this, Tong Ying proposed to take advantage of the good weather to go horseback riding in the suburbs.

They went directly out of Desheng Gate through Desheng Bridge, which is a large field. Now it is spring, it is the season when the grass grows and the warbler flies, the grass is green everywhere, the wildflowers are blooming, and the horse is let go, and the mood becomes relaxed. Shuning watched Xiaobao, Xianning and Shige from afar, and they were noisy as they ran, with a smile on the corner of their mouths.

Tongying turned over and dismounted, led her horse rope and walked slowly, and said softly, "Are you in a better mood?" Taking advantage of the warm weather to know that I am idle again, do you want me to accompany you back to Fangshan to live for a few days? Or...... Go to Baoding to see your parents? ”

Shu Ning knew softly in her heart that what he had been doing recently was to make herself happy again, so she let out a soft "um". No matter what, Tongying has this heart, and she will cherish it. Since she chose this person, she will continue on this path.

Xianning greeted them loudly in the distance, and the couple looked at each other and smiled, and hurried up to catch up.

However, Tongying had to break his promise, because his errand came down quickly, and he couldn't accompany Shuning to leave Beijing to relax.

(Forgive me for the weight of this chapter...... When I talk about the name of this chapter, I don't know why I always think of "Hu Ya Hu does not return, Hu Ya Hu does not return...... Ahem, if you don't know, just be crazy...... ）